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• How IBM plans to expand MobileFirst for iOS program

  02-02-2017 23:55
  
  Apple and IBM’s program for iOS mobile app development in the enterprise is broadening its reach this year as more businesses pursue apps that can transform how their employees work, according to IBM. “We are engaged with more than 1,000 clients across the world,” says Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM’s general manager in charge of the MobileFirst for iOS partnership with Apple.IBM also plans to integrate Watson analytics and cognitive differentiation to its growing portfolio of i
  
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• 25 Valentine's Day gifts inspired by tech, science and math

  02-02-2017 23:36
  
  Geek outImage by Stephen SauerTreat your favorite Valentine to something special. Check out these gifts that offer a techie alternative to the usual flowers, jewelry and candy.MORE IDEAS: See our Valentine’s Day gift guides from 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Obama-led sanction accidentally hampered U.S. tech firms in Russia

  02-02-2017 23:34
  
  Sanctions imposed by former President Obama on Russia for hacking during the U.S. election had an unintended side effect: they essentially barred U.S. tech firms from selling new IT products in the country.Part of last month's sanction order was designed to block U.S. companies from doing business with Russia’s Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB, because of its suspected role in influencing last year’s election.But the FSB isn’t just an intelligence agenc
  
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• Apple has just patented an Apple Watch battery band

  02-02-2017 21:46
  
  Here’s further evidence that Apple wants to develop “smart bands” for Apple Watch.
  According to a recently published patent, Apple has developed a way for Apple Watch bands to incorporate a wearable battery that could charge the device on the go. These batteries could be partially embedded within a band or attach to an existing band, and they’d rely on the Apple Watch’s inductive charging technology to transfer power.
  Based on the images included in the patent appl
  
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• Microsoft asks Trump administration for travel ban exceptions

  02-02-2017 21:23
  
  Microsoft today asked the U.S. government to create a mechanism for granting exemptions to last week's executive order on immigration that would meet "the pressing needs of real people," including scores of company employees and their families.
  In the letter to the heads of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, Brad Smith, Microsoft's chief legal officer, asked for exemptions that would apply to people with non-immigrant work visas, student visas or family members. The ex
  
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• Reports: Apple to join with tech rivals to oppose Trump’s travel ban

  02-02-2017 20:54
  
  Major American companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, have drafted an open letter to Donald Trump that is now being passed around Washington D.C. The letter, obtained by Recode, takes a positive yet cautious approach to addressing Trump’s immigration restrictions.
  “Our nation’s compassion is a part of what makes it exceptional, and we are committed to helping your administration identify approaches for thorough screening without a blanket suspensi
  
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• BT readies a global dynamic WAN

  02-02-2017 20:45
  
  Global WAN powerhouse BT is out to turn its sprawling network into dynamic beast that can accommodate today’s rapidly evolving needs. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix talked about the plans with Keith Langridge, Vice President of Network Services at BT Global Services, and Sunil Khandekar, Founder and CEO of Nuage Networks from Nokia, a critical new supplier that will enable some of the change.BTKeith Langridge, Vice President of Network Services at BT Global ServicesTo read this ar
  
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• FCC takes first step toward over-the-air 4K broadcasting

  02-02-2017 20:42
  
  The Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward the eventual roll-out of over-the-air terrestrial 4K television broadcasting in the U.S.On Thursday, the agency published a proposed regulation that would allow TV stations to begin broadcasts using the ATSC3.0 format, a newer version of the digital transmission format used today.ATSC 3.0 uses an IP data stream, so it's much more flexible than current broadcast standards. Using the system, broadcasts can simultaneously send se
  
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• BrandPost: DevOps and you: Advice for building your career

  02-02-2017 20:04
  
  Portions of this post were originally posted on the Puppet blog, and are republished here with Puppet's permission.Demand for people with DevOps skills is growing rapidly because businesses get great results from DevOps. Organizations using DevOps practices are overwhelmingly high-functioning: They deploy 200 times more frequently, with 2,555 times faster lead times. They recover 24 times faster from failures, and have one-third the  change failure rate that other organizations experience,
  
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• New WhatsApp beta feature looks to eliminate the pain of embarrassing texts

  02-02-2017 19:43
  
  We’ve all been there. You go to send a text message to your friend and you hit send before you’ve finished typing. Or there’s an embarrassing autocorrect error. Or worse, you’ve sent it to your boss instead of your co-worker.
  WhatsApp is testing a way to eliminate the stress over text messages. Spotted by Mashable on the Twitter account @WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of the app seemingly includes a way to revoke and edit messages after they’ve been sent.To re
  
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• AT&T to launch 5G wireless this year in Indy and Austin

  02-02-2017 19:42
  
  AT&T will launch its first 5G wireless service in Indianapolis and Austinlater this year, offering theoretical top speeds of 400Mbps or higher, the company said.
  Current 4G LTE networks used by customers may be far less, often no higher than 30Mbps on downloads, from the nation's major wireless carriers, according to various field tests by independent testing companies.
  One such testing company, OpenSignal, reported last year that AT&T had reached just 7.93 Mbps on 4G LTE for average do
  
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• BrandPost: 2017 Trends for CIOs

  02-02-2017 19:22
  
  The new year typically brings out the pundits and prognosticators – and 2017 has been no different! Look at what any one of them has to say, and you’ll get one individual’s view.  Look at several, and you may come away with a better sense of where the real trends are. At least that is our hypothesis, so here’s our view of the commonalities – what’s started to emerge, what’s going to evolve and what will be gaining importance in 2017.What’s the
  
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• Cisco patches critical flaw in Prime Home device management server

  02-02-2017 19:06
  
  Cisco Systems has fixed a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to take over servers used by telecommunications providers to remotely manage customer equipment such as routers.
  The vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Home, an automated configuration server (ACS) that communicates with subscriber devices using the TR-069 protocol. In addition to remotely managing customer equipment, it can also "automatically activate and configure subscribers and deliver advanced services via service pa
  
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• Cisco: Faulty clock part could cause failure in some Nexus switches, ISR routers, ASA security appliances

  02-02-2017 18:34
  
  Cisco this week issued a notice that faulty clock timing chips in some of its switches, routers and security appliances could fail after about 18 months of service – causing those devices to crash and not recover.
  The notice includes some of the company’s most widely deployed products, from certain models of its Series 4000 Integrated Services Routers, Nexus 9000 Series switches, ASA security devices to Meraki Cloud Managed Switches. Clock components are critical to the synchronizat
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Small business owners: From victims of fraud to victors over cyberattacks

  02-02-2017 18:29
  
  Small business owners operate in an online world of opportunities — and threats. Those dangers are the effect of fraudsters, thieves, hackers and bots with a singular mission: To deceive customers, thereby depriving a company of a sale, while reaping the rewards of their own game of misdirection and corruption.On the one hand, we already know about the issue of fraud — we understand its existence and proliferation throughout the web. But on the other, we are less familiar with its co
  
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• Prices still climbing for enterprise mobility management software

  02-02-2017 18:27
  
  User demand for enterprise mobility management (EMM) software continues to grow -- and vendors keep consolidating -- so prices are rising and buyers don't have much power at the negotiating table, according to analysts at IBISWorld Inc.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: LibreOffice 5.3 goes online to take on Google Docs and Office 365

  02-02-2017 18:22
  
  The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 5.3. This is a major release of the open-source office suite and offers many new features, including a ribbon interface that resembles Microsoft Office. And with this release, the foundation also made available the LibreOffice Online source code that can be installed on servers.
  LibreOffice 5.3 is available for macOS, Windows and Linux. However, while you can download 5.3 for macOS and Windows immediately, if you are running Linux desktop, you wi
  
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• Outlook for iOS speeds up work with third-party add ins

  02-02-2017 18:00
  
  Users of Microsoft's Outlook app for iPhone and iPad can now get work done quicker using third-party integrations.As of Thursday, Outlook for iOS supports add-ins, which let software companies build extensions to their own products that interact with emails in Outlook on a user’s smartphone and tablet. At launch, the app supports add-ins from Evernote, GIPHY, Nimble, Trello and Smartsheet, in addition to those that Microsoft has created.For example, users will be able to translate emails u
  
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• Google is killing its bold Hands Free payment experiment

  02-02-2017 17:58
  
  When Google launched Android Pay at its I/O conference back in 2015, it also teased a program that let you keep your phone in your pocket and still go through the normal checkout process. Called Hands Free, the limited pilot used the phrase, “I’ll pay with Google,” to alert the cashier that you wouldn’t actually be using a physical form of payment.
  Google has announced that it is shutting down the service on Feb. 8, which launched last spring on iOS and Android. Availabl
  
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• EU gets steamed up about online game sales restrictions

  02-02-2017 17:17
  European Union antitrust authorities are concerned that some video game publishers aren't playing by the rules of the EU's single market, charging customers in different countries different prices for access to what is essentially the same game.The European Commission opened investigations into five companies distributing their games online through the Steam network operated by Valve.The companies -- Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax -- are suspected of placing geographica
  
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• CTO hopes fiber-based Wi-Fi, 2,000 video boards will win fans

  02-02-2017 16:54
  
  When Mercedes-Benz Stadium opens later this year it will include a 63,000 square-foot high-definition LED video display that circles the roofline, enabling it operators to show a variety of content that takes advantage of the board’s massive scale. That’s just one of the many technology challenges Jared Miller must tackle in his role as CTO of AMB Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Atlanta Falcons. It’s a challenge he relishes, even as deadlines for each proj
  
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• 50% off Watch Dogs 2, Playstation 4 - Deal Alert

  02-02-2017 16:49
  
  Explore the birthplace of the tech revolution as Marcus Holloway, a brilliant young hacker who has fallen victim to ctOS 2.0's predictive algorithms and accused of a crime he did not commit. In Marcus' quest to shut down ctOS 2.0 for good, hacking is the ultimate weapon. Players can not only hack into the San Francisco Bay Area's infrastructure but also every person and any connected device they possess to trigger unpredictable chains of events in this vast open world. Watch Dogs 2 for the Plays
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why I’m fed up with the whole ‘women in tech’ rant

  02-02-2017 16:33
  
  Madeleine Albright is often quoted as saying, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” And she’s right. But if what I am witnessing is in fact representative of women in tech (and I know that it is), then hell is pretty crowded in that “special place.”
  Sadly,  women in tech are often just as ruthless and demoralizing as some of our male counterparts.
  I was recently dragged — with ease I might add — into join
  
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• New Windows 10 preview adds helpful features for blind users, tweaks new Night Light mode

  02-02-2017 16:29
  
  Microsoft just rolled out the latest Windows Insider build in the run-up to this spring's Windows 10 Creators Update. This time around the new preview version of Windows includes some important updates for the visually impaired, and improvements for Windows addicts looking for some visual relief at night.Further reading: The Windows 10 Creators Update's best new features: Dynamic Lock, Game Mode, privacy tweaks, and moreTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Fighting ire with hire: Tech firms say immigration boosts employment

  02-02-2017 15:49
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to channel populist anger to stem immigration, but tech companies want him to know that hiring immigrants is necessary for the country's economy and boosts overall employment.Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet are said to be writing Trump a letter expressing their concern about the order on immigration he signed last Friday, and other changes to immigration policy he may plan.The letter, a draft of which has been published by a number of media
  
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• WordPress silently fixes dangerous code injection vulnerability

  02-02-2017 15:41
  
  Developers of the widely used WordPress content management system released an update last week, but intentionally delayed announcing that the patch addressed a severe vulnerability.
  WordPress version 4.7.2 was released on January 26 as a security update, but the accompanying release notes only mentioned fixes for three moderate risk vulnerabilities, one of which did not even affect the platform's core code.
  On Wednesday, a week later, the WordPress security team disclosed that a fourth vulnerab
  
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• 27% off Zeiss Pre-Moistened Lens Cleaning Wipes - Deal Alert

  02-02-2017 15:27
  
  Zeiss provides an effective way to clean and preserve valuable optics. Whether used with camera lenses, eyeglasses, sunglasses, telescopes, or spotting scopes, these non-abrasive pre-moistened wipes are safe and effective. These ammonia-free wipes are appropriate for anti-reflective coatings and may also be used to clean laptop, GPS, tablet, or cell phone screens without leaving streaks. Designed for a single use, these wipes come in individual disposable packets.  The wipes are highly rate
  
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• VMware further extends SDN software to work in non-VMware environments

  02-02-2017 15:25
  
  VMware today introduced two new versions of its flagship virtual networking software. One named NSX for vSphere 6.3 has deep integrations with other VMware products and the other, named NSX-T 1.1, is for use in cloud-native environments that may not be controlled by VMware management tools.
  The moves are aimed at extending NSX’s use cases and potential customer base. The announcements come on the heels of VMware last week updating figures related to usage of the software defined networkin
  
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• What's next for Azure Site Recovery?

  02-02-2017 15:24
  
  When Microsoft first showed off its disaster recovery service on Azure in 2014, it was called Hyper-V Recovery Manager and was an extension of a System Center tool for failing over Hyper-V virtual machines (VM) to another location, using the public cloud to coordinate testing and managing recovery between your data centers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Monolithic vs. microservice architectures for innovation

  02-02-2017 15:00
  
  Batch processing and offline maintenance are terms once feared as much as memory and computer power were yesterday. The eruption of microservices and similar technological advances has changed our perception of possible.
  A trend has emerged, and it’s the opposite of what convention would tell us. Companies are first building out technical capabilities using a "monolith first" strategy for developing codebases. Monolith-first applications are made up of modules forming software application
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 5 marketing tips to help you reach the price-sensitive customer

  02-02-2017 14:00
  
  Every target market is different and trying to use the same tactics on each demographic can yield less than satisfactory results. With that being said, you can’t approach price-sensitive customers with the same strategy that you use to reach customers who fall on the upper end of the spending echelon. You must adjust your marketing messaging to satisfy their needs.Understanding the price-sensitive customers
  As one expert puts it, “Price sensitivity can be defined as the consciousness
  
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• Why 2017 will be the worst year ever for security

  02-02-2017 13:41
  
  Sony. Anthem. The Office of Personnel Management. Target. Yahoo. The past two years have seen one mega-breach after another—and 2017 promises to be the most catastrophic year yet.
  Security experts have long warned that most organizations don’t even know they’ve been breached. Attackers rely on stealth to learn about the network, find valuable information and systems, and steal what they want. Only recently have organizations improved their detection efforts and started investi
  
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• Phishing test results in a barely-passing grade for users

  02-02-2017 13:00
  
  Perhaps hundreds of emails cross your screen every day. The day can drag on and in the monotony of your daily routine, you just keep clicking on links without a care in the world.
  OK, maybe things aren't that bad, but those phishing scams are tricky and it takes ever-vigilant users and security departments to keep them from spreading. Recently, Diligent, a vendor that provides secure collaboration for corporate boards, rolled out a test to 2,000 users to see how much attention they were paying
  
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• Can you spot the phish?

  02-02-2017 13:00
  
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• Organisaties niet klaar voor GDPR

  02-02-2017 12:58
  Slechts een op de tien Nederlandse organisaties zegt klaar te zijn voor de nieuwe Europese privacywetgeving die in het voorjaar van 2018 ingaat. Daarop duidt periodiek onderzoek naar Privacy Governance van PwC.Twee op de drie ondervraagde organisaties bereiden zich actief voor op de EU-verordening en een kwart is nog... lees meer
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Turning the ship toward automation

  02-02-2017 12:30
  
  My recent post about whether the proportion of offshoring in a sourcing portfolio matters anymore got a lot of attention. As I wrote in that piece ("Why Offshoring Doesn't Matter"), sourcing buyers are eager to incorporate automation into their environments, but some service providers are struggling to adapt to the new digital world, largely because that pivot requires them to cannibalize existing revenue to implement automation and digitization. Not only does the financial impact slow them dow
  
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• Meer waarde door RvC met oog voor technologie

  02-02-2017 12:11
  Steven De Haes is hoogleraar Information Systems Management aan de Universiteit Antwerpen en Antwerp Management School. Hij is actief betrokken bij het onderwijs en onderzoek op het gebied van IT in relatie tot onder andere bestuur, strategie, toezicht, risico en security.Hij concludeert op basis van een recente... lees meer
  
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• Oracle bets Java EE future on REST APIs

  02-02-2017 12:00
  
  Oracle is banking on REST and JSON to modernize Java EE for microservices and the cloud.
  It may seem like ages since REST stole thunder from SOAP as a mechanism for providing web services communications. REST, in conjunction with JSON and HTTP, proved a far simpler means for delivering web services than SOAP, which has long been criticized for complexity.[ The big 4 Java IDEs reviewed: See how Eclipse, NetBeans, JDeveloper, and IntelliJ IDEA stack up. | Keep up with hot topics in programming wi
  
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• Microsoft previews coming improvements in .Net

  02-02-2017 12:00
  
  Microsoft's .Net languages are getting improvements ranging from data flow to better tools for C#, Visual Basic, and F#.
  For C# 7.0, Microsoft reiterated its previously announced plans for tuples and pattern-matching, to streamline the flow of data and control in code.[ The InfoWorld roundup: 5 rock-solid Linux distros for developers. | Stay up on open source with the InfoWorld Linux Report newsletter. ]
  Visual Basic will target the .Net Standard library to aid cross-platform .Net Core dev
  
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• IT turns to employee resource groups to attract, retain tech talent

  02-02-2017 12:00
  
  After eight years pursuing undergrad and graduate work, Babatunde Agboola landed his dream job last year as a research engineer in Autodesk's digital manufacturing group.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Why Silicon Valley needs to unite against Muslim ban

  02-02-2017 11:24
  
  "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."Maya AngelouMy son is 5. Besides myself, he is the most stubborn, opinionated person I know. Like most kids his age, he has boundless energy for the things he wants to do and becomes suddenly incapacitated when it comes to the things he has to do like cleaning his room, picking up his toys (everything you've heard about the pain of stepping on Legos is 100 percent true), helping with chores or walking to school.We live three bloc
  
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• Schaarste aan IT talent leidt tot goede beloning

  02-02-2017 10:22
  IT-functies scoren goed qua beloning en arbeidsvoorwaarden, zo blijkt uit onderzoek naar opkomende functies in verschillende sectoren door Recruitmentorganisatie Hays.Door de schaarste aan IT-talent in binnen- en buitenland, nieuwe technologieën waar betrekkelijk weinig professionals kennis van hebben en de... lees meer
  
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• HPE acquires security startup Niara to boost its ClearPass portfolio

  02-02-2017 08:26
  
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise has acquired Niara, a startup that uses machine learning and big data analytics on enterprise packet streams and log streams to detect and protect customers from advanced cyberattacks that have penetrated perimeter defenses.
  The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Operating in the User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) market, Niara’s technology starts by automatically establishing baseline characteristics for all users and devices across the ente
  
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• Hackers are seeking out company insiders on the black market

  02-02-2017 02:31
  
  If you’re the CEO of a company, here’s another threat you need to worry about: hackers trying to recruit your employees for insider-related crimes.
  Researchers at security firms RedOwl and IntSights have noticed growing activity from online black market dealers trying to recruit company employees for insider trading and cashing out stolen credit card numbers. 
  These dealers are appearing on underground forums located on the dark web, which are accessible through Tor, a browser
  
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• AT&T wants to be the Linus Torvalds of network software

  02-02-2017 02:13
  
  Carriers are starting to look more like cloud companies, turning to standard hardware, virtualization and machine learning for rapid development of new services.AT&T helped drive that trend on Wednesday by releasing ECOMP, the operating system of its software-defined network, as open source through the Linux Foundation. Like Linux, ECOMP will become a codebase that many different companies and developers – potentially even AT&T's rivals – collectively create and define into t
  
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• Trump may ask businesses to boost cybersecurity

  02-02-2017 00:55
  
  President Donald Trump may be seeking more cooperation from private businesses to shore up the defense of critical infrastructure that they control.
  The signing of an executive order on cybersecurity was canceled unexpectedly Tuesday, but a draft of the order was leaked to The Washington Post.
  In it, Trump calls for, “…economic and other incentives to: induce private sector owners and operators of the Nation’s critical infrastructure to maximize protective measures; invest in
  
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• Van hyper-converged naar hyper-converged 2.0 voor echte flexibiliteit

  02-02-2017 00:37
  Steeds meer organisaties kiezen voor een hyperconverged-infrastructuur, waarbij opslag- en computing zijn geïntegreerd in clusters van servers die gemakkelijk zijn te vervangen en te schalen. Dat is niet zo vreemd, want IT-managers moeten voldoen aan een groeiend aantal eisen van binnen en buiten de organisatie,... lees meer
  
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• The road ahead is paved with car communication

  02-02-2017 00:21
  
  Autonomous cars are here, but are we ready for them? As with any new technology, it'll take some time for society to let go of the wheel and settle into the passenger seat. But researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed an algorithm that may make this process a little smoother. The idea is that all vehicles on the road, autonomous or not, will communicate with one another via WiFi. In addition, every car will be outfitted with sensors such as lasers, video came
  
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